Night on Earth, biomorphic stainless steel chaise.
Courtesy Barry Friedman Ltd
05.01.08-06.21.08
Wendell Castle
New limited edition works by American designer Wendell Castle are on view. His unification of sculpture and furniture has been recognized for its wry wit and unique use of materials, including his signatures: stack-laminated wood and fiberglass. His new body of work pushes these materials further while also applying an exploration of volume to bronze, steel, and aluminum.
Barry Friedman Ltd.
515 West 26th Street
Olafur Eliasson, I only see things when they move, 2004. Wood, color-effect filter glass, stainless steel, aluminum, HMI lamp, tripod, glass cylinder, motors, and control unit. Dimensions variable. Installation view at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, U.S.A., 2007.
Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York ©2008 Olafur Eliasson. Photo: ©Fabian Bergfield, photoTECTONICS
Through 06.30.08
Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson
This is the first comprehensive survey in the U.S. exploring the experimental work of Olafur Eliasson, whose large-scale immersive environments and installations attempt to recreate the extremes of landscape and atmosphere in his native Iceland. Eliasson’s work re-contextualizes elements such as light, water, ice, fog, stone, and moss to shift the viewer’s perception of place and self. Six of the 38 works were specifically created for this exhibition — installed at both MoMA and P.S.1.
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street, NYC
and
P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center
22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City
Frederick Kiesler: Co-Realities exhibition design.
Rendering by nARCHITECTS
Through 07.24.08
Frederick Kiesler: Co-Realities
This exhibition explores the pivotal role of drawing in the work of Austro-American architect, artist, designer, and theoretician Frederick Kiesler. The exhibition, designed by nARCHITECTS, traces Kiesler’s interest in the expressive and conceptual possibilities of drawing through key projects from the 1940s to the 1960s. On view are never-before-seen drawings on loan from the Kiesler Foundation in Vienna, as well as over 30 drawings related to Kiesler’s decades-long investigation into the correlation among man, nature, and technology. Also featured are Kiesler’s exhibition design drawings, including those for Peggy Guggenheim’s Art of This Century gallery in New York (1942).
The Drawing Center
35 Wooster Street
Richard Meier’s Model Museum.
Richard Meier & Partners Architects
05.02.08-(seasonal)
Richard Meier’s Model Museum in Long Island City
Offering a glimpse into the process behind his 40-year career, architect Richard Meier, FAIA, is once again unveiling his Long Island City model warehouse to the public. The 3,600-square-foot exhibition space includes the first model for the Smith House in Connecticut. Most prominent in the studio are large-scale presentation and study models of the Getty Center. Also of interest are the selection of unbuilt projects, such as a 1981 design for the Renault Headquarters in France and prototypes for furniture and product design as well as sculptures composed of wax elements, architectural model pieces, and stainless steel. Visitors are welcome by appointment on Fridays beginning May 2, from 10am to 5pm. Tours of the gallery are self-guided and last approximately 45 minutes.
For further information contact:
Mary Lou Bunn
Richard Meier & Partners Architects
Tel: 212.967.6060
e-mail: m.bunn@richardmeier.com